You can divide the figure as follows:
- A vertical rectangle, 5 meters tall and 2 meters wide, on the top right.
- A horizontal rectangle, 2 meters tall and 5 meters wide, on the bottom left
- A 2x2 meters square on the bottom right, where the two rectangles meet.
The area of the rectangles is 5x2=10 meters squared, while the area of the square is 2x2=4 meters squared.
So, the total area is 10+4=14 meters squared.
This year
2:7
18:?
well 2*9=18
so 7*9=63
18/63
(18+63=total 81 students)
Last year
1/8
multiply by 9
9/72
9 less students this year
The answer is C, the first number in the equation is going to be multiplied separately by the ones inside the parentheses, which is that number distributing.
